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Rate increases fail to dent housing demand


29 Apr 2016
In the financial year to end-February, the average price of homes on which new bonds were approved rose by 6,3% to just over R1m

Slow price growth is good for first-time buyers


04 Mar 2016
Slow price growth is good for first-time buyers

Property Trends in 2016


04 Mar 2016
Private Property CEO, Simon Bray, talks about what trends can be expected in the property market in 2016.

Unearthing Buyer Trends within the super luxury property market


05 Feb 2016
If you've been following property media reports lately, you will have noticed that the spotlight has been put on the super luxury property market

Home Loan Rate Rise Will Boost Downsizing


05 Feb 2016
As was widely anticipated, the Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank decided to raise the repo rate by 50 basis points

FNB property Barometer Property Weekly


04 Dec 2015
Are high and forever-rising residential property prices really a good thing? Many seem to think so, but

Property Sector Overview


04 Dec 2015
Based on statistics supplied by Lightstone, there were more than 6,1 million residential properties in South Africa with a total value of R4,16 trillion

Property Barometer How Well do Home Values really hold up in tough times


30 Oct 2015
There exists a view that property values are capable of by-and-large holding up in tougher economic times,

Property price growth What the Stats tell us


30 Oct 2015
Property price growth What the Stats tell us

Review of 2nd Quarter Residential Building Stats


02 Oct 2015
While 2nd quarter residential building completions rose sharply, affordability still constrains levels
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